bought the ravelco help me wire it
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bought the ravelco help me wire it
Well after reading all the positives about the ravelco, I bought one from ebay. Now I need insight in which wires to splice into. The ravelco controls 2 under hood circuits. The vehicle is a 01 F250 rwd std cab 5.4 superduty. I would like to kill the fuel pump and for the other circuit probably would like to let the starter work, but something to not let the engine run. Living in Chicago, there are plenty of thieves, and I have had several vehicles stolen and destroyed over my life and unfortunatelly most did not have full coverage. Last one stolen was at 1 pm during a weekday, and they backed a tow truck up and lifted the rear wheels and towed it away. never to be seen again and it had liability only coverage. That was in 03.
Basically I need to cut 1 wire for each circuit and splice the ravelco into it. What color works what circuit?
Basically I need to cut 1 wire for each circuit and splice the ravelco into it. What color works what circuit?
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From: Weimar,TX
I have been looking at the Ravelco myself. Didn't know you could buy the kit off Ebay.
I have talked to their main office in Richmond , TX and they said what makes the Ravelco special is the installation. Basically, it is just a kill switch but their installers are highly skilled at camoflouging the wiring so it is undetectable. All the wires they use are black and it is nearly impossible to defeat this system with their installation.
if you plan on wiring it yourself, get a good schematic of your wiring and study it carefully. Think I would get some help on this unless you are a pretty good electrician.
Good luck
I have talked to their main office in Richmond , TX and they said what makes the Ravelco special is the installation. Basically, it is just a kill switch but their installers are highly skilled at camoflouging the wiring so it is undetectable. All the wires they use are black and it is nearly impossible to defeat this system with their installation.
if you plan on wiring it yourself, get a good schematic of your wiring and study it carefully. Think I would get some help on this unless you are a pretty good electrician.
Good luck
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From: Marble Falls, Tx.
I had the Ravelco on my 86 Ford F-150. It was broken into 6 times and they never were able to get past it. Once they even opened the hood and attempted to trace the wires to get past it but were unsuccessful because their installer was so good at running the wiring in the stock looms the wiring was untraceable.
There were 4 back wires and two "circuits" one was hooked into the starter solenoid that in 86 was on the passenger side inner fenderwell and the second circuit was wired into a circuit to the ignition coil pack. I dont know what color those wires would be but hopefully someone here can get you a schematic.
There were 4 back wires and two "circuits" one was hooked into the starter solenoid that in 86 was on the passenger side inner fenderwell and the second circuit was wired into a circuit to the ignition coil pack. I dont know what color those wires would be but hopefully someone here can get you a schematic.
Rather Be Floatin
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They also say there are over 100,000 different combinations of plug combinations there is no "master" plug.
I curerently have a Viper alarm system in my truck so I can get the remote start I sure hope I dont regret not getting a ravelco.
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i am not a believer in ravelco.
see my post here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-device-2.html
better to get a passive immobilizer and a good hood lock
see my post here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-device-2.html
better to get a passive immobilizer and a good hood lock
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2002 Ford Super Duty F Series Truck
| 12V|yellow & lt. grn/pur|+ |ignition harness |
| STARTER|green |+ |ignition harness |
| IGNITION|red/lt. green |+ |ignition harness |
| SECOND IGNITION|gray/yellow |+ |ignition harness |
| ACCESSORY|red/black |+ |ignition harness |
| SECOND ACCESSORY|blue/lt. green |+ |ignition harness |
| POWER LOCK|*1 | |*1 |
| POWER UNLOCK|*1 | |*1 |
| LOCK MOTOR|pink/black | |VSM *2 |
| UNLOCK MOTOR|red/orange | |VSM *2 |
| DISARM DEFEAT|pink/orange | |VSM *2 |
| PARKING LIGHTS +|brown | |headlight switch |
| HEADLIGHTS|red/yellow |+ |headlight switch |
| DOOR TRIGGER|black/lt. blue |+ |either kick panel |
| DOME SUPERVISION|use door trigger | | |
| FCTRY ALARM ARM| | | |
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM| | | |
| TACHOMETER|*3 | |ignition coils |
| SPEED SENSE|gray/black | |instrument cluster or *4 |
| BRAKE WIRE|lt. green |+ |brake pedal switch |
| HORN TRIGGER|blue |- |steering column or VSM *2 |
| WIPERS|blue/orange |- |steering column |
| LF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/blk - tan/lt blu|A |driver window switch |
| RF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/yel - tan/lt blu|A |driver kick panel |
| LR WINDOW UP/DN|gry/org - yel/lt blu|A |driver kick panel |
| RR WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blk - red/blk |A |driver kick panel |
| RADIO 12V|lt. green/purple |+ |radio |
| RADIO GROUND|black/lt. green |- |radio |
| RADIO SWITCH|pink |+ |radio |
| RADIO ILLUMINATE|lt blue/red (dimmer)|+ |radio |
| LF SPEAKER|org/lt grn-lt blu/wh| |radio |
| RF SPEAKER|wht/lt grn - grn/org| |radio |
| LR SPEAKER|gry/lt blu - tan/yel| |radio |
| RR SPEAKER|org/red - brn/pnk | |radio |
Notes:
NOTE: On DIESEL vehicles the wait to start light is activated by a databus wire from the ECM. To do wait to start use a pulse timer relay and follow directfax document #1091. *1 Without keyless entry use pink/yellow for lock and pink/lt. green for unlock. They are 5 wire reverse polarity mastered from the driver switch and found in either kick panel. With keyless entry use white/red for lock and black/white for unlock. They are negative trigger and found at the VSM. On the vehicles with keyless entry the GEM shuts down after the doors have been locked for a certain time period, to "wake-up" the system refer to directfax document #1094. *2 The VSM (Vehicle Security Module) is to the right of the accelerator pedal above the transmission hump below the radio. Not accessible from radio opening. *3 For tach go to any one of the ignition coils and use the wire that is NOT red/lt. green. On diesel vehicles the tach wire is green or white, in a 42 pin plug under the clamp on the engine side of the air intake duct. *4 Also found at the radio on vehicles that have the in-dash CD changer.
| 12V|yellow & lt. grn/pur|+ |ignition harness |
| STARTER|green |+ |ignition harness |
| IGNITION|red/lt. green |+ |ignition harness |
| SECOND IGNITION|gray/yellow |+ |ignition harness |
| ACCESSORY|red/black |+ |ignition harness |
| SECOND ACCESSORY|blue/lt. green |+ |ignition harness |
| POWER LOCK|*1 | |*1 |
| POWER UNLOCK|*1 | |*1 |
| LOCK MOTOR|pink/black | |VSM *2 |
| UNLOCK MOTOR|red/orange | |VSM *2 |
| DISARM DEFEAT|pink/orange | |VSM *2 |
| PARKING LIGHTS +|brown | |headlight switch |
| HEADLIGHTS|red/yellow |+ |headlight switch |
| DOOR TRIGGER|black/lt. blue |+ |either kick panel |
| DOME SUPERVISION|use door trigger | | |
| FCTRY ALARM ARM| | | |
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM| | | |
| TACHOMETER|*3 | |ignition coils |
| SPEED SENSE|gray/black | |instrument cluster or *4 |
| BRAKE WIRE|lt. green |+ |brake pedal switch |
| HORN TRIGGER|blue |- |steering column or VSM *2 |
| WIPERS|blue/orange |- |steering column |
| LF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/blk - tan/lt blu|A |driver window switch |
| RF WINDOW UP/DN|wht/yel - tan/lt blu|A |driver kick panel |
| LR WINDOW UP/DN|gry/org - yel/lt blu|A |driver kick panel |
| RR WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blk - red/blk |A |driver kick panel |
| RADIO 12V|lt. green/purple |+ |radio |
| RADIO GROUND|black/lt. green |- |radio |
| RADIO SWITCH|pink |+ |radio |
| RADIO ILLUMINATE|lt blue/red (dimmer)|+ |radio |
| LF SPEAKER|org/lt grn-lt blu/wh| |radio |
| RF SPEAKER|wht/lt grn - grn/org| |radio |
| LR SPEAKER|gry/lt blu - tan/yel| |radio |
| RR SPEAKER|org/red - brn/pnk | |radio |
Notes:
NOTE: On DIESEL vehicles the wait to start light is activated by a databus wire from the ECM. To do wait to start use a pulse timer relay and follow directfax document #1091. *1 Without keyless entry use pink/yellow for lock and pink/lt. green for unlock. They are 5 wire reverse polarity mastered from the driver switch and found in either kick panel. With keyless entry use white/red for lock and black/white for unlock. They are negative trigger and found at the VSM. On the vehicles with keyless entry the GEM shuts down after the doors have been locked for a certain time period, to "wake-up" the system refer to directfax document #1094. *2 The VSM (Vehicle Security Module) is to the right of the accelerator pedal above the transmission hump below the radio. Not accessible from radio opening. *3 For tach go to any one of the ignition coils and use the wire that is NOT red/lt. green. On diesel vehicles the tach wire is green or white, in a 42 pin plug under the clamp on the engine side of the air intake duct. *4 Also found at the radio on vehicles that have the in-dash CD changer.
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Well, I got my RAVELCO installed today. Am quite happy with it. We ran one circuit to the fuel and the other to the starter. Went out the firewall with the factory wire loom and into the control module from the bottom.
You have to take the battery and degas bottle out to even get to it. I think it will be great.
You have to take the battery and degas bottle out to even get to it. I think it will be great.
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